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Norman Delanty

Norman Delanty

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Neuroscience
Ireland
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
70
Citations
24448
World Ranking
2468
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Norman Delanty is affiliated with Beaumont Hospital in Ireland and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including genetics, psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, molecular biology, and neurology.

The research topics that Delanty has focused on include:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Genomics and rare diseases
  • Pharmacological effects and toxicity studies
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

Delanty's recent scholarly publications illustrate their contributions to epilepsy and neurogenetics. Notable papers include:

  • "Network-based atrophy modeling in the common epilepsies: A worldwide ENIGMA study," 2020, Science Advances
  • "GWAS meta-analysis of over 29,000 people with epilepsy identifies 26 risk loci and subtype-specific genetic architecture," 2023, Nature Genetics
  • "Epilepsy in the mTORopathies: opportunities for precision medicine," 2021, Brain Communications
  • "Structural network alterations in focal and generalized epilepsy assessed in a worldwide ENIGMA study follow axes of epilepsy risk gene expression," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Adjunctive cenobamate in highly active and ultra-refractory focal epilepsy: A 'real-world' retrospective study," 2023, Epilepsia

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Delanty are:

  • Gianpiero L. Cavalleri
  • Chantal Depondt
  • Hany El-Naggar
  • Colin P. Doherty
  • Sanjay M. Sisodiya

Delanty's work is often published in venues aligned with neurological disorders and epilepsy research, including:

  • Epilepsia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Seizure
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Epilepsy Research

The body of work emphasizes genetic underpinnings, neurodevelopment, and molecular understanding of epilepsy and related disorders, often connecting large-scale genomic analysis with clinical phenotypes.

Best Publications

  • De novo mutations in epileptic encephalopathies

    Andrew S. Allen;Samuel F. Berkovic;Patrick Cossette;Norman Delanty

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • Modulation of Oxidant Stress In Vivo in Chronic Cigarette Smokers

    Murdeach Reilly;Norman Delanty;John A. Lawson;Garret A. FitzGerald

  • The consequences of refractory epilepsy and its treatment

    Kenneth D. Laxer;Eugen Trinka;Lawrence J. Hirsch;Fernando Cendes

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Neuroprotective Properties of Statins in Cerebral Ischemia and Stroke

    Carl J. Vaughan;Norman Delanty

  • Silencing microRNA-134 produces neuroprotective and prolonged seizure-suppressive effects

    Eva M Jimenez-Mateos;Tobias Engel;Paula Merino-Serrais;Ross C McKiernan

  • Oxidative injury in diseases of the central nervous system: focus on Alzheimer's disease.

    Domenico Praticò;Norman Delanty

  • Structural brain abnormalities in the common epilepsies assessed in a worldwide ENIGMA study.

    Christopher D Whelan;Christopher D Whelan;Andre Altmann;Juan A Botía;Neda Jahanshad

  • Genome-wide mega-analysis identifies 16 loci and highlights diverse biological mechanisms in the common epilepsies

    Bassel Abou-Khalil;Pauls Auce;Andreja Avbersek;Melanie Bahlo

  • 8-Epi PGF2α Generation During Coronary Reperfusion

    N. Delanty;M.P. Reilly;D. Pratico;J.A. Lawson

  • The Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

    Andrew McKeon;Mark A Frye;Norman Delanty

  • Increased Formation of Distinct F2 Isoprostanes in Hypercholesterolemia

    Muredach P. Reilly;Domenico Praticò;Norman Delanty;Giovanni DiMinno

  • Malformation risks of antiepileptic drug monotherapies in pregnancy: updated results from the UK and Ireland Epilepsy and Pregnancy Registers

    E Campbell;F Kennedy;A Russell;W H Smithson

  • Rare deletions at 16p13.11 predispose to a diverse spectrum of sporadic epilepsy syndromes.

    Erin L. Heinzen;Rodney A. Radtke;Thomas J. Urban;Gianpiero L. Cavalleri

  • Increased formation of the isoprostanes IPF2alpha-I and 8-epi-prostaglandin F2alpha in acute coronary angioplasty: evidence for oxidant stress during coronary reperfusion in humans

    Muredach P. Reilly;Norman Delanty;Louis Roy;Joshua Rokach

  • Progressive myoclonic epilepsies: a review of genetic and therapeutic aspects.

    Amre Shahwan;Michael Farrell;Norman Delanty

  • De Novo Mutations in SLC1A2 and CACNA1A Are Important Causes of Epileptic Encephalopathies

    Candace T. Myers;Jacinta M. McMahon;Amy L. Schneider;Slavé Petrovski;Slavé Petrovski

  • Genetic determinants of common epilepsies: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Richard Anney;A. Avbersek;D. Balding;L. Baum

  • Erratum: De Novo Mutations in Synaptic Transmission Genes Including DNM1 Cause Epileptic Encephalopathies (American Journal of Human Genetics (2014) 95(4) (360–370)(S0002929714003838)(10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.08.013))

    Silke Appenzeller;Rudi Balling;Nina Barisic;Stéphanie Baulac

  • Risk of Alzheimer's disease and duration of NSAID use

    Norman Delanty;Carl Vaughan

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianpiero L. Cavalleri
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Chantal Depondt
Chantal Depondt Université Libre de Bruxelles
Sanjay M. Sisodiya
Sanjay M. Sisodiya University College London
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Simon E. Fisher
Simon E. Fisher Max Planck Society
Erin L. Heinzen
Erin L. Heinzen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pasquale Striano
Pasquale Striano University of Genoa
Vince D. Calhoun
Vince D. Calhoun Georgia State University
Anthony G Marson
Anthony G Marson University of Liverpool
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital

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